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CHICAGO Chicagoans could be forgiven if they found the humble man in the V-neck sweater unfamiliar. "I can rub people the wrong way, or talk when I should listen," a contrite Mayor Rahm Emanuel says in a television ad aimed at soothing a restive electorate. The former White House and congressional political enforcer has been thrust back on his heels in his bid for a second term. Voters in this city of 2.7 million are witnessing a rarity: a competitive mayoral election. Three weeks remain before the April 7 runoff between Emanuel and Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, a Cook County commissioner and fellow Democrat whose candidacy is the vehicle for grievances against the mayor and...

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CHICAGO Chicagoans could be forgiven if they found the humble man in the V-neck sweater unfamiliar. "I can rub people the wrong way, or talk when I should listen," a contrite Mayor Rahm Emanuel says in a television ad aimed at soothing a...

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The beleaguered ex-governor is expected to take the stand at his corruption trial early this week,...